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“I’ll study it some more and investigate the dragon-shifter medical databases. Some of the research is locked up tight, so I might need Arabella’s help to retrieve it.”
Arabella MacLeod was a former Stonefire clan member, who was now the mate of Lochguard’s leader. She was also a fairly skilled hacker.
“Just make sure none of you are caught.”
“Well, if anyone comes to investigate, I’ll just have to bring out my charm.” He winked. “Few can resist when I really try.”
Smiling, Sid said, “I may have to prove you wrong later.”
“Oh, love, I’d like to see you try.” He tucked her in. “However, sleep first. And in case you’re worried, I’ll be right here, watching over you. I won’t let anything happen to you on my watch.”
Snuggling into the bed, Sid wholeheartedly believed him.
As he stroked her forehead and hummed a tune, her eyelids turned heavy. Before she knew it, she was fast asleep.
~~~
Aaron Caruso, one of Stonefire’s Protectors and Kai’s second-in-command, drummed his fingers against the desk as he waited for the video conference call to go live. “Where is the bloody female?”
Another Protector at his side, Quinn, answered, “It’s one minute past the time. Maybe something came up. After all, Teagan O’Shea has an entire clan to look after.”
“I’m sure one of her people could inform us that she’s running late.”
A familiar female Irish accent filled the room. “She would have if she were late. However, I’m exac
tly on time.”
Looking at the screen, Aaron’s dragon hummed at the sight of the green-eyed, black-haired female. It was Clan Glenlough’s leader, Teagan O’Shea.
His dragon spoke up. She is just as pretty as I remembered.
Ignoring his dragon, Aaron raised his brows. “It’s not very leader-like to argue.”
Before Teagan could reply, Quinn jumped in. “Thank you for agreeing to talk with us, O’Shea.”
Teagan’s gaze moved to Quinn. “Maybe I should ask Bram to make you our main liaison instead of Caruso.” She flicked a gaze at Aaron and back to Quinn. “We could get things done a lot faster.”
Clenching his fingers under the desk, Aaron growled out, “How about we put aside our differences for a minute and focus on what’s important? Your brother mentioned something about a similar attack to what happened to our doctor, but said only you could tell us the details.”
Teagan leaned back and crossed her arms over her chest. Thankfully, the camera wasn’t pointed low enough to show her breasts or his dragon would’ve started throwing a tantrum again.
His beast growled. Why do you ignore the obvious?
Because I can. Life was complicated enough in Italy, and I need a break.
Teagan’s voice prevented his dragon from replying. “It happened a few weeks ago. Something in the sky attacked a child.”
Aaron frowned. “A child? Putting aside only a low-life would do such a thing, why? Targeting a clan’s only doctor seems more strategic.”
“Unless they were testing it out on an easy target,” Teagan answered.
Anger flashed in Teagan’s eyes and Aaron approved. Dragon-shifters treasured children. He couldn’t imagine anyone hurting one.
Pushing aside his own anger, Aaron said, “I hope you have specifics.”
Teagan lifted one arched eyebrow. “I’m not sure how the English dragon-shifters run their clans, but we document everything.”
“Of course we bloody document everything. You just take too long to get to the point.”
